kämpa

See also: kampa

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish kæmpe and Norwegian kjempe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛm.pa/
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Verb

kämpa (present kämpar, preterite kämpade, supine kämpat, imperative kämpa)

to fight
Riddaren kämpade mot draken
The knight fought the dragon

att kämpa för rättvisa villkor
to fight for fair conditions

Han kämpade mot cancern
He battled (idiomatically) his cancer (strida (“battle”) sounds overly militaristic in Swedish here)

Kämpa!
Fight! / Give it all you got!
to struggle
Han kämpade med ekonomin
He struggled with his economy

Usage notes

Like kamp, kämpa can be thought of as having the basic meaning struggle, except often unidiomatic as a translation. As an example, "Kämpa!" (Fight! / Give it all you got!) can be more literally translated as "Struggle!", as in "Put in (maximum) effort!"

Conjugation

Conjugation of kämpa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kämpa		kämpas
Supine	kämpat		kämpats
Imperative	kämpa		—
Imper. plural¹	kämpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kämpar	kämpade	kämpas	kämpades
Ind. plural¹	kämpa	kämpade	kämpas	kämpades
Subjunctive²	kämpe	kämpade	kämpes	kämpades
	Participles
Present participle	kämpande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

kamp
kämpe

References